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Abstract

A photoprint mounting platen facilitates presentation of a photoprint to an imaging station of photoprint imaging scanner, in a secure protected condition. The configuration of the platen is such that it allows a plurality of photoprint platens to be arranged in a stacked configuration and fed one at the time to a platen imaging station, and then fed from the platen imaging station to a take up location. In a first embodiment the platen has a generally flat mounting surface upon which a photoprint is attachable, and first and second end edges and first and second side edges. One or more regions are located adjacent to the mounting surface area for storing machine readable photoprint parameter information. The platen further includes a plurality of side rail elements extending above the first surface by a height greater than the thickness of a photoprint, so that multiple platens may be stacked together without a photoprint contacting an adjacent platen. In a second embodiment the platen comprises a substrate having a generally flat mounting surface upon which the photoprint is to be placed, the substrate having first and second end edges and first and second side edges. First and second side rail elements adjoin the respective first and second side edges of the substrate and adjoin a transparent cover plate which is arranged to overlie the mounting surface of the substrate and thereby retain a photoprint between itself and the substrate. Ends of the side rail elements have sloped contours to facilitate interleaving of multiple platens together in a stack.

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